Do you consider yourself a racist?

[feywon]

Here is a PRIME example of racism/racist view. We all remember the Landmark Supreme Court decision of the interracial marriage case of Loving v. Virginia in 1967 where they struck down the VA law. Here is an excerpt from the VA trial Judge's decision upholding the miscegenation law.

"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."

It was also an unconstitutional ruling invoking the teachings of the ruling to support their view.

But you and and StarSong are right about how recently significant changes in attitudes have occurred. People who would prefer to ignore the issue will say ---'Oh it is in past, so long ago.' No it is not. The Emancipation Proclamation may have ended slavery in US in the 1860's. But most white Americans have no clue of how pervasive the Jim Crow laws were, know nothing about 'Tenant Farms' (just an update of plantations those), the 'red lining' by banks and mortgage companies, and the myriad ways economics have been used to hold some people back. And that is what motivates the CRT movement, wanting our real history to be told. Frustrates the heck out of me that they chose to use the Critical Race Theory as the 'war cry', when it would have been a lot harder to argue with the notion of teaching all our History, including when we messed up.

 

[feywon]

This reminds me of two friends I hung out with in middle school. One was a Sikh and the other was black. Us being sort of outcasts in different ways, we were like a nerdy loser gang. I wish I had kept in touch with them but things were quite chaotic when we were all rushed into the war.

Whatever small groups of friends i had in various schools i attended were always 'outsiders' too.

 

[ohioboy]

Here is the VA SC decision upholding the trial courts ruling, which of course the USSC reversed. Notice at the end, notes 1and 2 citing the statutory laws that were on the books, how disgusting.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1157918/loving-v-commonwealth/